“Briefly crossed my mind”: Joe Root wanted to repeat “the stupidest shot in English Test history”. Here’s why he didn’t. cricket news

Joe Root, who will star with the bat in the fourth Test, believes England have put themselves in a strong position after the end of the second day in Ranchi on Saturday. Root remained unbeaten with a score of 122 in England’s first innings. After Root’s classic Test innings, Shoaib Bashir introduced himself by strengthening the young India batting line-up.

The 20-year-old off-spinner took four wickets while conceding 84 runs in his 32-over spell. With India reeling at 219/7 and still trailing by 134 runs, Root feels that if England manage to take three quick wickets on the third day, England will be in a “strong position” for the rest of the game.

“We put ourselves in a good position at the end of the first innings,” Root said at the end of the game. “So we’ll see how things progress throughout the game. Obviously, it looks like it’s going to keep getting worse and worse. So if we can get three early wickets tomorrow, hopefully that will set us up for the rest of the match.” Will bring us into a really strong position to take on the game,” Root said at the end of the second day, as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.

Despite Bashir’s game-changing spell, Root’s 122* off 274 balls over the course of two days was brilliant.

He took charge of England’s flailing innings when a sensational spell from Akash Deep left England at 112/5 at lunch on the first day.

He said, “I really try to play every game that way. Try to play the circumstances, the game situation. And it was very, very clear what was required in that situation on that surface. And thankfully Yes, it bore fruit.” ,

“It’s been good to contribute this week. It’s been a weak series for me. So I was desperate to try to score some runs for the guys, and it was good to do that today. And hopefully that continues for the rest of the season.” Now it will be about the series,” he said.

Root was criticized a lot during England’s record-breaking 434-run defeat in the third Test. He tried to execute his favorite reverse scoop at the start of the third day. However, he failed, losing his wicket and suffering an unprecedented collapse. That show was called ‘the stupidest shot in English Test history’

“I have to admit it crossed my mind for a while, but on that wicket it’s not a good option. If you look at the previous wicket [in Rajkot], it wasn’t that bad, but it was unfortunate that it was kept a little low. But that’s just the way it is sometimes,” Root said.